Apple's alternative is using DMG. I'm the first to blame Apple for various stuff but you can't blame Apple for using OSX in a way that Apple hasn't intended an

Apple's alternative is using DMG. I'm the first to blame Apple for various stuff but you can't blame Apple for using OSX in a way that Apple hasn't intended and isn't supporting. If you're not happy with the pre-installed unixy stuff you are (still) free to add your own. Which Homebrew allows you to do in a very Apple way. That is, works mostly as intended and almost OOTB but if you are a power user you will soon run into various problems.